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05 November
2:7 (1:3)
  • Jacqueline GONZALEZ (20' PEN)
  • Gloria VILLAMAYOR (55')
  • Natsuki KISHIKAWA (36', 73')
  • Marika OHSHIMA (40')
  • Haruka HAMADA (43', 52')
  • Saori TAKAHASHI (83', 89')

Referee Cristina DORCIOMAN

Summary

Seven-up Japan stay perfect

Seven-up Japan stay perfect

Japan rounded off their Group C campaign in style, preserving their unblemished record with a comfortable 7-2 win over Paraguay in Christchurch. The Young Nadeshiko are the only team thus far to have finished the group stage with maximum points, and while England could match this achievement later today, Japan's achievement was all the more impressive for the fact that it was secured ...

Highlights

Line-up

PAR
JPN
Substitute(s)
Coaches
Carlos BAEZ (PAR)
(JPN) Hiroshi YOSHIDA
Officials
  • Referee: Cristina DORCIOMAN (ROU)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Ingrida SILIUNIENE (LTU)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Secim DEMIREL (TUR)
  • Fourth official: WANG Jia (CHN)
  • Misses next match if booked
  • Absent
  • Injured

Photos

  • Japan's Natsuki Kishikawa helps Paraguay's Jacqueline Gonzalez to get up
  • Japan's players celebrate
  • Japan's Yoko Tanaka kicks the ball
  • Japan's Haruka Hamada fights for the ball with Paraguay's Paola Zalazar
  • Japan's Haruka Hamada and Saori Takahashi celebrate
  • Paraguay's Paola Genes is sent off during the game against Japan
  • Paraguay's Sara Torres in action against Japan
  • Paraguay's Jacqueline Gonzalez vies Japan's Sahori Takahashi
  • Japan's Marika Ohshima vies with Paraguay's Rebeca Fernandez

Quotes

"I thought we reacted very well and even when we went a player down the team stuck together and stayed positive," Hiroshi Yoshida, Japan coach.

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STATISTICS
ParaguayStatisticsJapan
6Shots22
6Corner kicks9
0Yellow cards0
1Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards1
50%Possession (%)50%